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assad met the new u.s. ambassador to discuss the situation and he was very nice i asked the president are you worried that the winds of change will come here. and he said he was not worried he said the syrian people strongly supported him strongly supported his coverage was the just two weeks later there was a large demonstration in damascus in a market called l three on the it happened very spontaneously very suddenly it wasn't planned and it was immediately filmed by syrians with their cell phones i was. and we sent a message to washington that night and said it's coming. the firewood is very dry and it's coming. in march twentieth eleven protests expanded young people in daraa aspirate painted anti-government slogans on walls these included your next doctor meaning assad and the people want the regime to go several suspects were arrested and tortured by police. the was. was more and more people demanded democratic freedoms the government responded with a violent crackdown against unarmed demonstrators wa
assad met the new u.s. ambassador to discuss the situation and he was very nice i asked the president are you worried that the winds of change will come here. and he said he was not worried he said the syrian people strongly supported him strongly supported his coverage was the just two weeks later there was a large demonstration in damascus in a market called l three on the it happened very spontaneously very suddenly it wasn't planned and it was immediately filmed by syrians with their cell...
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assad had not yet made a decision. he was due to deliver a nationally televised speech on march thirtieth there was speculation that he might finally announce the implementation of the reforms that he had promised for so long. that i don't believe that there is a start met with his relatives and they decided that the country's security was the top priority and that the military should be used to maintain that security and me and. assad's mother was said to have advised him do what your father would have done. i don't know facing an extraordinary situation a contrary as always use threatened by conspirators enough declared war and we will fight back and you'll. be up. to one half of the said massage father was a senior military officer before he took over as president if that's what he was a true dictator and he convinced himself that he was a brilliant leader and made himself into a minor dave. and then into god himself let us pay for going to. save the shuttle at least and for bashar did exactly the same he idolized h
assad had not yet made a decision. he was due to deliver a nationally televised speech on march thirtieth there was speculation that he might finally announce the implementation of the reforms that he had promised for so long. that i don't believe that there is a start met with his relatives and they decided that the country's security was the top priority and that the military should be used to maintain that security and me and. assad's mother was said to have advised him do what your father...
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president assad: directly. charlie: you were quoted as saying the syrian army could have a limited them in three weeks? president assad: they were liberated in a few weeks without using airstrikes. charlie: why did you spend more time attacking aleppo? president assad: we were getting rid of terrorists. there are no moderates in aleppo. charlie: the definition of a terrorist is what? president assad: whenever you hold a gun and kill people and destroy public buildings and private property. charlie: anybody who opposes your government in syria? president assad: the word opposition is political opposition. do you have military opposition? would you accept it? you would not. nobody accepts military opposition. charlie: it is one thing to say there is military opposition. it is another thing to call them terrorist. president assad: military opposition is terrorism. whenever you hold a gun and try to kill, that is terrorism. it is not my definition. whenever you want to make opposition, it is going to be political o
president assad: directly. charlie: you were quoted as saying the syrian army could have a limited them in three weeks? president assad: they were liberated in a few weeks without using airstrikes. charlie: why did you spend more time attacking aleppo? president assad: we were getting rid of terrorists. there are no moderates in aleppo. charlie: the definition of a terrorist is what? president assad: whenever you hold a gun and kill people and destroy public buildings and private property....
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unfortunately no one is thinking about assad. assad can sit there. they don't see the link and the risk between terrorism rising and assad staying in power. fine, but what we are saying today is, if you want to bring an alternative to the horrible criminal system that we have in syria, then we have to have a security plan for this country. and we need the cooperation of every country. we need the us, we need russia. briefly, your message for donald trump, then, donald trump, the man who says vladimir putin is very smart, and who also says that when it comes to analysing the syria situation, his objective and, frankly, his overriding concern is smashing thejihadists in so—called islamic state. it doesn't seem to be in getting rid of assad whatsoever. so, your message to trump? the message to trump is, get the foreign fighters out of syria. shia militias are pro—iranian, they are iraqis, afghanis, iranians, not syrians. and on the other side there are jihadis who are foreigners, and we want them out of the country. this is what the international co
unfortunately no one is thinking about assad. assad can sit there. they don't see the link and the risk between terrorism rising and assad staying in power. fine, but what we are saying today is, if you want to bring an alternative to the horrible criminal system that we have in syria, then we have to have a security plan for this country. and we need the cooperation of every country. we need the us, we need russia. briefly, your message for donald trump, then, donald trump, the man who says...
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president assad: exactly. definitely. and that's by isis, by al qaeda by al nusra. it's not something we discover or we try to promote. it's very -- i mean their book -- they use the same books to indoctrinate the people. charlie: what about turkey? president assad: turkey let's say it's about erdogan. his muslim brotherhood fanatics. it doesn't mean that he is a member. but he's a fanatic. charlie: president erdogan is -- president assad: is a muslim brotherhood fanatic. and he's somebody who's suffering from political megalomania. and he thinks that he is becoming the sultan of the new era of the 21st century. charlie: you think he could stop the border if he wanted to? president assad: yeah, of course. definitely. he doesn't only ignore the terrorists from coming to syria. he supports them, logistically and militarily. directly. on a daily basis. and if you take the example of the city where the kurds were fighting isis and the military campaign started, it took them four months to liberate that small city.
president assad: exactly. definitely. and that's by isis, by al qaeda by al nusra. it's not something we discover or we try to promote. it's very -- i mean their book -- they use the same books to indoctrinate the people. charlie: what about turkey? president assad: turkey let's say it's about erdogan. his muslim brotherhood fanatics. it doesn't mean that he is a member. but he's a fanatic. charlie: president erdogan is -- president assad: is a muslim brotherhood fanatic. and he's somebody...
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getting rid of president assad. they probably talked right past each other, charlie. charlie: there is a question as to how strong the moderate forces are. the historical question of whether they should have been given more support or not. how strong are they, and why did the russians attacked them today if they were not part of michigan opposition to assad? mike: good question. opposition assad? mike: good question. the moderate opposition is not to kerley strong. -- not particularly strong. isis,rongest groups are al nusra, and the moderates in that order. two questions. why did the russians do this now? the reason they did it now is because president assad is at his weakest point, under pressure from all of those groups, is at his weakest point cents the fall of 2012 when iranians came in in a major way to prop him up. why did he go after the moderate opposition? inause they are the closest two assad and his forces. al nusra is further to the south. isis is further to the east. able eventually deal with isis and
getting rid of president assad. they probably talked right past each other, charlie. charlie: there is a question as to how strong the moderate forces are. the historical question of whether they should have been given more support or not. how strong are they, and why did the russians attacked them today if they were not part of michigan opposition to assad? mike: good question. opposition assad? mike: good question. the moderate opposition is not to kerley strong. -- not particularly strong....
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the assad regime. the assad regime has benefitted from isis. they have a sim —— symbiotic relationship. i don't think that the bombing will drive more people into the hands of isis. in fact, sills sis is gaining adherence because the assad regime, which —— isis is gaining adherence because the assad regime has been slaughtering sunni muslims for the last six years without impunity and something that the holocaust museum in the united states says resembles a genocide. the assad regime is killing sunni muslims and the sunni community is radicalising because of that. if we target the assad regime, maybe that would undermine support for isis and sunni radicalism. do you have a sense of where all of this is going in syria? how the country is likely to look in six months or a year?|j to look in six months or a year?” think we're going to look at something that is a fedderal system, a syria that is divided where either assad or assad's successor, if the russians decide to give him up, control the sp
the assad regime. the assad regime has benefitted from isis. they have a sim —— symbiotic relationship. i don't think that the bombing will drive more people into the hands of isis. in fact, sills sis is gaining adherence because the assad regime, which —— isis is gaining adherence because the assad regime has been slaughtering sunni muslims for the last six years without impunity and something that the holocaust museum in the united states says resembles a genocide. the assad regime is...
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the president giving the assad regime a warning. listen. >> the purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the united states. the combined american, british and french response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power -- military, economic, an diplomatic. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. >> the strikes carried out by u.s. navy ships and b-1 bombers and british tornado fighter jets. joseph dunfort had more. >> we conducted strikes that will result in a long-term degradation of syria's ability to deploy chemical weapons. important information was destroyed. they will lose years of research and development data, expensive equipment and chemical weapons precursors. it's not only a strong message to the regime but inflected maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civili
the president giving the assad regime a warning. listen. >> the purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the united states. the combined american, british and french response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power -- military, economic, an diplomatic. we are prepared to sustain this response until the...
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assad himself is a magnet for terrorism. he's the principal magnet of the region for attracting foreign fighters to syria. ftc moreover -- moreover, assad himself is gauging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> it was the united states and russia that brought the warring parties and syria to the negotiating table in the first place but secretary kerry had harsh words for russia monday saying its military support for the assad regime has enabled assad to double down which is creating an enormous problem. alid almoalem said it created a negative atmosphere for the talks. >> we are saying that the way the regime is negotiating is negative for the talks. this is a conflict now that the negotiations aren't going in any direction. >> more than 140,000 syrians have died since the beginning of the war, according to the london-based association of syrian rights. 7,000 were children. with the bleak humanitarian situation the u.n. emergency relief agency was able to evacuate over a thousand people from the ancient city
assad himself is a magnet for terrorism. he's the principal magnet of the region for attracting foreign fighters to syria. ftc moreover -- moreover, assad himself is gauging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> it was the united states and russia that brought the warring parties and syria to the negotiating table in the first place but secretary kerry had harsh words for russia monday saying its military support for the assad regime has enabled assad to double down which...
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if assad doesn't wa nt to to work with assad if assad doesn't want to work with the opposition. so, the equation is fairly easy, you know. we are not asking for assad to go away the day we enter negotiations. we are talking about negotiations. we are talking about negotiations in which their ideas and take. we need prisoners out, we need women and children to be safe and to be released also from prison. we need the disappeared, to have news about them. we need to have the bombings stopped, and barrel bombs stop being thrown at people, at civilians. i am sorry to repeat myself, i don't want to get stuck on this issue but one last time, it seems to me you have given ground on the role of assad. you are now acknowledging to me that assad will bea acknowledging to me that assad will be a key figure in the negotiations. he won'tjust be removed, it will be assad in many ways who is the figure deciding what he can give. look, the power of assad is very little, he has nuisance power, yes, but those who are negotiating, the decision—making power is in moscow and in tehran. unfortunatel
if assad doesn't wa nt to to work with assad if assad doesn't want to work with the opposition. so, the equation is fairly easy, you know. we are not asking for assad to go away the day we enter negotiations. we are talking about negotiations. we are talking about negotiations in which their ideas and take. we need prisoners out, we need women and children to be safe and to be released also from prison. we need the disappeared, to have news about them. we need to have the bombings stopped, and...
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after assad. what worries me is that there's two options, and occupation in which we engage in nationbuilding and the american people will not stand for that, or we can the country to isis and al qaeda, because we know the opposition is divided, if a side leaves, the nation falls into anarchy. we need creative diplomacy and we need someone who knows how to make the deal of the century to solve the situation. i don't know what the deal is right now i'm very worried about people saying let's just take assad out because that is not the answer right now. >> you said of the world got use to former president obama and his passiveness, waiting to take action, seeing how things settle before he does anything drastic. how do you think the world will respond to this move? happening so quickly, such a big move by president trump. >> the russians and allies of russia are going to be upset that we didn't go to the united nations, look, we could be at the united nations till the cows come home and nothing would
after assad. what worries me is that there's two options, and occupation in which we engage in nationbuilding and the american people will not stand for that, or we can the country to isis and al qaeda, because we know the opposition is divided, if a side leaves, the nation falls into anarchy. we need creative diplomacy and we need someone who knows how to make the deal of the century to solve the situation. i don't know what the deal is right now i'm very worried about people saying let's just...
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assad's won. when the administration was saying 10 days ago that assad's a reality to deal with, they were right. charlie: tillerson was right. robert: he was. it is unhappy. many of us who wanted to see syrians have a chance to create a new kind of system that was more accountable, providing greater respect for human rights, we are provided -- we are disappointed, but it happened. the idea that the u.s. can still go in and try to change assad government or impose, i think we are long past that. charlie: if the civil war is over and assad has when kospi, i don't understand what our goal is. robert: in the short term, stop the use of chemical weapons. medium-term, figure out how to govern the places taken by the islamic state and keep the insurgency coming there under wraps. very long-term, try to figure out a way to get a cease-fire in patchand maybe someday that sat country back together. that is a long-term thing. derek: just to add onto roberts find a way to alleviate the humanitarian suffering
assad's won. when the administration was saying 10 days ago that assad's a reality to deal with, they were right. charlie: tillerson was right. robert: he was. it is unhappy. many of us who wanted to see syrians have a chance to create a new kind of system that was more accountable, providing greater respect for human rights, we are provided -- we are disappointed, but it happened. the idea that the u.s. can still go in and try to change assad government or impose, i think we are long past...
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kerry is trying to say that assad is by himself. the assad regime, the family is by himself. this is not the syrians who protect him, this is the not syrians who may represent him. this is simply one family and their determination to stay in power. kerry's goal and the u.s. officials i talk to, their goal is to isolate him so much diplomatically that he feels like he can't continue that violence. isolate him so much diplomatically that iran and russia, his main backers, feel that they cannot continue to back him. russia and iran, as you just laid out are continuing to support him. the real question of how far you can get if anywhere in this conference until the they can find that pressure point, but they clearly haven't found the pressure point. >> for months now they have been sifting the public utte utteranf foreign minister labrov. one week it sounds like they're ready to acknowledge that there will be a post assad syria. the next week they're right behind him 100% all the way. where are they now? we have to look at it two ways. syria gives access to the mediterranean. rus
kerry is trying to say that assad is by himself. the assad regime, the family is by himself. this is not the syrians who protect him, this is the not syrians who may represent him. this is simply one family and their determination to stay in power. kerry's goal and the u.s. officials i talk to, their goal is to isolate him so much diplomatically that he feels like he can't continue that violence. isolate him so much diplomatically that iran and russia, his main backers, feel that they cannot...
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syriannot have a stable as long as bush are al-assad -- bashar al-assad is in power. the idea that we will defeat isis and then figure out what to do with assad is not going to work. administrationmp should be talking about is massive, crippling sanctions on the russian company that is the principal arm supporter for syria. any other company or country in the world that does business with that company. that is where it should begin. then, the discussion should go to -- one, that the russians honor their commitment to remove all chemical weapons from syria. they have not done that yet. secondly, that they implement the cease-fire they negotiated with iran and turkey inside syria. that has not been honored. third, the agreement that humanitarian aid can be distributed throughout syria. that has not actually been honored. finally, that they go to the negotiating table and try to find a political resolution with nd alland all -- assad a other parties at the table. in order to find in ultimate, negotiated settlement, we must negotiate with the syrian government. the only w
syriannot have a stable as long as bush are al-assad -- bashar al-assad is in power. the idea that we will defeat isis and then figure out what to do with assad is not going to work. administrationmp should be talking about is massive, crippling sanctions on the russian company that is the principal arm supporter for syria. any other company or country in the world that does business with that company. that is where it should begin. then, the discussion should go to -- one, that the russians...
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although i believe the administration's policy shift with respect to assad emboldened assad to launch that attack. and a single missile strike is not a strategy. we need plan to stop the violence. push a political transition that sees the end of assad's rule, and helps the syrian people recover and move forward. my bill, this bill, would be part of that strategy. it's named, as mr. royce pointed out, for caesar, a former syrian government photo graffer -- photographer. he defected and escaped so he could show the world exactly what was happening to the regime's victims. i'll never forget the images he showed us when he came to the foreign affairs committee. those images are still sered in my brain and i'll never forget them. the depth of brutality and indifference to human life. we named this bill after him. we're sending a message, if you're enabling the butcher in damascus against his own people, you're going to face consequences. this bill would sanction anyone who provides support for the assad regime. we want to go after the actual hardware that keeps his war machine running, the
although i believe the administration's policy shift with respect to assad emboldened assad to launch that attack. and a single missile strike is not a strategy. we need plan to stop the violence. push a political transition that sees the end of assad's rule, and helps the syrian people recover and move forward. my bill, this bill, would be part of that strategy. it's named, as mr. royce pointed out, for caesar, a former syrian government photo graffer -- photographer. he defected and escaped...
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and assad. iran is fighting i.s.i.l. in iraq and supporting assad in syria. and now russia, a strong syrian ally during the cold war is back in the fight on the side of assad. we'll look at russia jumping into this fight with a report of al jazeera's jamie mcintire. >> ray, there last always been russian military presence in syria but in the last few weeks, the u.s. has been monitoring a steady influx of men and materiel. this week, it is saying that russia is building a forward air base in latakia in syria. you can't hide it, the number of car cargo and ships bringing supplies into syria. senator john mccain i says it is one more case when russia is out stepping the u.s. >> caution as weakness, taking advantage. according to media reports putin has deployed strike aircraft, t-90 tanks, howitzers, armed personnel carriers russian marines and housing for up to 1500 military personnel in bases in western syria. >> surveillance shows lots of construction, new runways being built, heli-pads a few helicopter gun ships but no strike aircraft yet. christine warmouth
and assad. iran is fighting i.s.i.l. in iraq and supporting assad in syria. and now russia, a strong syrian ally during the cold war is back in the fight on the side of assad. we'll look at russia jumping into this fight with a report of al jazeera's jamie mcintire. >> ray, there last always been russian military presence in syria but in the last few weeks, the u.s. has been monitoring a steady influx of men and materiel. this week, it is saying that russia is building a forward air base...
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that's why assad must go. as long as bashar al assad is in syria, there will be radical elements in syria, not just fighting to get rid of him, but ultimately to spread that ideology to other places. that's why it's in our national security interests. that's why it should matter to all americans, as well. this is important for us as a people because it goes to the core of who we are, but it's also in our national security interests, and we can't ignore it. we also can't ignore the countries that made this possible. if you are a country led by vladimir putin like russia is, who is going before the world and saying this was the rebels, this wasn't the regime, that's absurd. that is fake news at its highest. it's grotesque that they could say it with a straight face is even more troubling. this would never have been possible had they not had the cover that vladimir putin has given assad. and it leads to this question, anyone who supports bashar al assad in doing these sorts of things and tries to cover for him on
that's why assad must go. as long as bashar al assad is in syria, there will be radical elements in syria, not just fighting to get rid of him, but ultimately to spread that ideology to other places. that's why it's in our national security interests. that's why it should matter to all americans, as well. this is important for us as a people because it goes to the core of who we are, but it's also in our national security interests, and we can't ignore it. we also can't ignore the countries...
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however, that does not mean we keep assad in our. assad -- in power. assad has slaughtered people for a long time. so we keep pushing for the legal way. one of the things we had success with is managing to capture and build legal cases against individuals part of the syrian regime. one of them was prosecuted for crimes against humanity. that means you are part of a system that did that, and the system is the syrian regime. so the syrian regime is technically sentenced for committing crimes against humanity, and there is evidence of that. so we have different cases, over 10 different legal cases we have, some against high-level officials in the syrian regime. one can always say, well, these people will never leave syria to be captured anyway. what you are building is building legal cases that prevent so many european countries or the u.s. to normalize its relationship with the syrian regime over time. because we can see that policy changes over time with different administrations, which is why what we are trying to do is build infrastructure that can pr
however, that does not mean we keep assad in our. assad -- in power. assad has slaughtered people for a long time. so we keep pushing for the legal way. one of the things we had success with is managing to capture and build legal cases against individuals part of the syrian regime. one of them was prosecuted for crimes against humanity. that means you are part of a system that did that, and the system is the syrian regime. so the syrian regime is technically sentenced for committing crimes...
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there are pro assad people in damascus cheering for the assad rep regime. we heard from arab media that the strikes carried out on the chemical facilities and production plants and pentagon, that people are staying this was ineffective and limited strike. two of these strike locations are places that the israelis had struck in the past. and we are hearing from arab tv in the region that it was a limited strike and they are not doing much in the way of damage to the capabilities of the assad regime or even for the assad regime to carry out the war against the rebel and opposition forces in syria. what type of impact this has in terms of the willingness of the assad regime in the future is debated. the u.s. carried out 59 tomahawk missiles fired a year ago and that struck ought assad aircraft and capability. those analyst believe are more effective and limiting the assad regime to carry out strikes. the pentagon going after the production facilities. whether or not, kelly, whether it will limb his ability to carry out chemical strikes is it a question. that i
there are pro assad people in damascus cheering for the assad rep regime. we heard from arab media that the strikes carried out on the chemical facilities and production plants and pentagon, that people are staying this was ineffective and limited strike. two of these strike locations are places that the israelis had struck in the past. and we are hearing from arab tv in the region that it was a limited strike and they are not doing much in the way of damage to the capabilities of the assad...
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so i'm not depending on assad. but i am depending on the international community with a binding resolution at the security counsel, it will be beyond assad's word but have the force of the international community saying you committed to this, you need to do it and if not, there are consequences to it. >> to remove the amount of chemical weapons assad is believed to have, if you play by the book according to the u.n. inspect tomorrow's guide, could take up to ten years. >> well, access to those weapons and securing them to destroy it may be different but access to those weapons and i believe being able to harness those weapons in a location or locations in which the international community can secure them, as they seek to destroy them is a critical movement forward. and so, i don't think that that should be a deterrent to our effort to get a binding u.n. security counsel resolution. the real question is whether russia, which i read some reports today is beginning back off a security counsel resolution that would hav
so i'm not depending on assad. but i am depending on the international community with a binding resolution at the security counsel, it will be beyond assad's word but have the force of the international community saying you committed to this, you need to do it and if not, there are consequences to it. >> to remove the amount of chemical weapons assad is believed to have, if you play by the book according to the u.n. inspect tomorrow's guide, could take up to ten years. >> well,...
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soi looking to replace bashar al—assad. so i think there is a huge shift in attitude when it comes to whether or not bashar al—assad has any staying power. michael, thank you so much. thank you for having me. we will go back to barbara plett—usher at palm beach. i think we are expecting something from donald trump, a statement. what are you hearing? we are still waiting, actually. we are waiting for an audio statement by the president. as well, we are waiting to get a briefing rum the white house spokesman sean spicer, and national security officials, who are here at mar—a—lago. —— from. they will give a briefing as well. but what we have discussed, the tomahawks were fired from two navy destroyers and hit an air base in the city of homs. it seems to have been a small—scale and limited strike. we don't know much about the damage or whether there we re about the damage or whether there were any casualties. it seems to be the airbase that the planes that carried out the chemical attack took off from, therefore,
soi looking to replace bashar al—assad. so i think there is a huge shift in attitude when it comes to whether or not bashar al—assad has any staying power. michael, thank you so much. thank you for having me. we will go back to barbara plett—usher at palm beach. i think we are expecting something from donald trump, a statement. what are you hearing? we are still waiting, actually. we are waiting for an audio statement by the president. as well, we are waiting to get a briefing rum the...
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the assad regime was supporting the jihadist where working in iraq. and later i mean it was our time then what is today you know it's as. though it's it's a very interesting. photo because it says. that bashar was offering to the west at something like i can protect you from terrorists it's me or so or isn't. what you prefer the alternative to me is these people you want them. it's a very good insurance so keeping power is to say ok i can leave but you will have these people. this do you love. that many european leaders. believed or accepted but it was neglecting twenty two million syrians. assman meanwhile established a whole network of seemingly independent organizations for women's rights education and young people this commitment and her international admiration but she was a part of the regime part of the lie. why we don't think the people who are not critical of the not complaining about the government and complaining about the service haven't complained about economic crisis people here complain as much as they do anywhere else and wild about t
the assad regime was supporting the jihadist where working in iraq. and later i mean it was our time then what is today you know it's as. though it's it's a very interesting. photo because it says. that bashar was offering to the west at something like i can protect you from terrorists it's me or so or isn't. what you prefer the alternative to me is these people you want them. it's a very good insurance so keeping power is to say ok i can leave but you will have these people. this do you love....
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is, with russia backing bashar al-assad, it's harder for bashar al-assad to beoverthrown and some pd kind of negotiated solution with the alawites, with bashar al-assad's people is going to be the only possible solution. one thing that you made a point is some are saying they are taking a lead on something. they decided they do not share the goal of regime change. the problem is they seem to target the american backed moderate rebels. who you say we should have been involved with in 2023 and 13. that is -- 2012 and "13. we are arming and training rebels who the russians are bombing. >> and we have remarkably little leverage against russia in that scenario. there is some hope that russia will be bogged down in this fight, that it's going to be another afghanistan for russia, but there's no guarantee of that. right now the russians are putting just enough forces on the ground. mostly air power, mechanics and specialists to keep bashar al-assad alive. not enough. they understand there's a line they can't cross and are making sure they don't do enough to get the united states involved ag
is, with russia backing bashar al-assad, it's harder for bashar al-assad to beoverthrown and some pd kind of negotiated solution with the alawites, with bashar al-assad's people is going to be the only possible solution. one thing that you made a point is some are saying they are taking a lead on something. they decided they do not share the goal of regime change. the problem is they seem to target the american backed moderate rebels. who you say we should have been involved with in 2023 and...
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capabilities others have asked whether it's worth acting if we don't take out assad as some members of congress have said there's no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria let me make something clear the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver i don't think we should remove another dictator with force and we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next but a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before using chemical weapons other questions involve the dangers of retaliation we don't dismiss any threats but the assad regime does not have the ability to seriously threaten our military and the other any other retaliation they might seek is in line with threats that we face every day neither assad nor his allies have any interest in escalation that would lead to his demise and our ally israel can defend itself with overwhelming force as well as the unshakeable support of the united states of america many of you have asked a broade
capabilities others have asked whether it's worth acting if we don't take out assad as some members of congress have said there's no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria let me make something clear the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver i don't think we should remove another dictator with force and we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next but a...
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what about assad must go? >> the alternative is assad must go eventually. we negotiate a position, to move assad personally to other members of his regime. he himself is poisonous and can't stay but we could incorporate part of the baath party, if we manage to do that, there is a chance that would be more successful. >> all right so along those lines, the ultimate goal of putting the 50 u.s. troops on the ground is to test the waters in a way and attempt to build a multiethnic syrian coalition to coordinate with these kurdish fighters. it's not diplomatic but the military solution of what you just suggested. >> i don't want to sound like a broken record, the problem still remains that we haven't resolved the syrian civil war. there is u.s. conflict against i.s.i.s. in loins to a lot of other nation and then there's the syrian civil war. until we convince rebel groups on the ground that they can't overthrow the assad regime we can't back them against i.s.i.s. as much as they would want to be. a diplomatic solution is the only answer, if we are going to appro
what about assad must go? >> the alternative is assad must go eventually. we negotiate a position, to move assad personally to other members of his regime. he himself is poisonous and can't stay but we could incorporate part of the baath party, if we manage to do that, there is a chance that would be more successful. >> all right so along those lines, the ultimate goal of putting the 50 u.s. troops on the ground is to test the waters in a way and attempt to build a multiethnic...
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should assad stay? should assad go? you talk to nikki haley, you talk to rex tillerson, you get two different answers. do you understand what trump's policy is towards assad right now? >> i think it's clear after sunday and toud day what tiller said is clear to me, there's no place for assad in syria. the syrian people won't accept him as their leader. he slaughtered about 500,000. he's a puppet of the iranians. it's impossible for assad to stay in syria. how he goes, i suggest we declare a safe haven so the syrian people can live without being barrel bombed. when we take isil down, which should be the number one priority to destroy the caliphate, that we begin to train syrian opposition members, well vetted, so they can take assad on and create a change of military power on the ground. that's how he gets pushed out. russia won't fight to the death for assad. >> do you think barrel bombs should be the red line now? >> yes. i think -- i would ground the syrian force -- >> that's a huge escalation, right? you acknowledge
should assad stay? should assad go? you talk to nikki haley, you talk to rex tillerson, you get two different answers. do you understand what trump's policy is towards assad right now? >> i think it's clear after sunday and toud day what tiller said is clear to me, there's no place for assad in syria. the syrian people won't accept him as their leader. he slaughtered about 500,000. he's a puppet of the iranians. it's impossible for assad to stay in syria. how he goes, i suggest we declare...
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>> assad: stability. they want... >> rose: stability. >> assad: ...stability and political solution. >> rose: and what does iran want? >> assad: the same. the same. syria and iran and russia see eye-to-eye regarding these conflicts. >> rose: and what is your obligation to both of them? >> assad: what do you mean obligation? >> rose: what is your... what do you owe them? >> assad: yeah, i know. but they didn't ask me for anything. nothing at all. that's why what i said-- they don't do that for syria. they do it for the region, and for the world. because stability is very important for them. >> rose: you and your father have held power in syria for how many years? >> assad: is it a calculation of years? >> rose: yes. >> assad: or public support? >> rose: no, years. how long...? >> assad: there's a big difference. it doesn't matter how many years, the question... >> rose: well, it does matter. >> assad: no, what's matter for us, do the syrians support these two presidents. doesn't matter is they are father a
>> assad: stability. they want... >> rose: stability. >> assad: ...stability and political solution. >> rose: and what does iran want? >> assad: the same. the same. syria and iran and russia see eye-to-eye regarding these conflicts. >> rose: and what is your obligation to both of them? >> assad: what do you mean obligation? >> rose: what is your... what do you owe them? >> assad: yeah, i know. but they didn't ask me for anything. nothing at...
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this is i think even beyond assad. if we can get the united nations quickly to go ahead and intervene and actually obtain all these chemical weapons, secure them and destroy them, i think we would have made a good statement. >> but there's a real distinction between whatever happens in terms of the chemical weapons and the syrian civil war. all the evidence we're getting is the country by enorm on you weapons is deeply opposed to the united states picking sites in the syrian civil war, partly because, as senator paul said, there's this deep keeling that there's the bad guys and the bad guys. >> that's exactly why working with senator corker, the ranks republican on the committee, and getting a universe that went from john mccain, who is very hawkish on these issues to dib durbin, who's very dovish, to find the balance, and what did we say? no american troops on the ground. we don't want to be engaged in that civil war -- >> unless the chemical weapons break free. >> and in fact to have a time limit of 60 days, which ma
this is i think even beyond assad. if we can get the united nations quickly to go ahead and intervene and actually obtain all these chemical weapons, secure them and destroy them, i think we would have made a good statement. >> but there's a real distinction between whatever happens in terms of the chemical weapons and the syrian civil war. all the evidence we're getting is the country by enorm on you weapons is deeply opposed to the united states picking sites in the syrian civil war,...
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and assad won. so we're not going to get into a new iraq kind of war or a new afghanistan kind of war. >> you mean the civil war is essentially over. >> there may be some more fighting for another year or two, opposition is not going to give up. but they're not going to win. assad is going to win. we're not going to send a large ground force into western syria where there is is tens of thousands of iranian and proiranian fighters, and at least four or 5,000 russian personnel 6789 that's not like iraq, that is not like afghanistan. this is a totally different thing. we're not going to go bombing in these places because in iraq we didn't face that. we only had to face saddam hussein's forces or iraqi, sunni and shia militia fighters. same in afghanistan. now there are big states like iran and russia with big forces in syria. so we're not going to get into a big conventional war with them, in syria. that is just not going to happen. assad has won. and i think when the administration was saying ten days
and assad won. so we're not going to get into a new iraq kind of war or a new afghanistan kind of war. >> you mean the civil war is essentially over. >> there may be some more fighting for another year or two, opposition is not going to give up. but they're not going to win. assad is going to win. we're not going to send a large ground force into western syria where there is is tens of thousands of iranian and proiranian fighters, and at least four or 5,000 russian personnel 6789...
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for the assad regime. i think it's possible at times the assad regime will manipulate those to cause trouble for the opposition. i think it's clear that the assad regime is using as propaganda the existence of small groups to discredit the opposition. that's something we should all push back against because it isn't true. i do thinking that we shouldn't also overstate the connection between the assad regime and jihadi organizations. though elements certainly tolerated and enables jihadi groups on the way to iraq. we have documentary evidence of that. very clear evidence of that. those groups, there is no love lost there. the assad regime, i would argue, as much as there were jihadis traveling via syria to iraq. we also have good testimony from captur captureds is hia militants they were flown to damascus for training by hezbollah. the regime was playing both sides. that's what they do. look out for number one. and so this is not a regime in bed with the jihadis. they will try to cause trouble for the oppos
for the assad regime. i think it's possible at times the assad regime will manipulate those to cause trouble for the opposition. i think it's clear that the assad regime is using as propaganda the existence of small groups to discredit the opposition. that's something we should all push back against because it isn't true. i do thinking that we shouldn't also overstate the connection between the assad regime and jihadi organizations. though elements certainly tolerated and enables jihadi groups...
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they have been covering for assad, if it were not for the russians, assad would not be in power. >> bill: that's true. putin continues to prop assad up, and 5 million are refugees. not most sane people support the missile attack last night. saying >> -- to all of a sudden use poison gas? i think it's zero chance that he would've done this, you know, deliberately. >> bill: former congressman believing that assad was set up by someone. now the morality of the attack is certainly acceptable when you have war crimes being openly committed. a noble nation will confront that. unfortunately, noble nations are in short supply these days, and the usa is an exception to that. also, america's national security is in play because poison gas can be used by terrorists. assad has a very close relationship with iran and hezbollah. one chemical weapons are acceptable, the world will become a more dangerous place. talking that assad's air force should have been destroyed along time ago ago, and nato should of established safe zones inside syria to protect the incident to make innocent. under president oba
they have been covering for assad, if it were not for the russians, assad would not be in power. >> bill: that's true. putin continues to prop assad up, and 5 million are refugees. not most sane people support the missile attack last night. saying >> -- to all of a sudden use poison gas? i think it's zero chance that he would've done this, you know, deliberately. >> bill: former congressman believing that assad was set up by someone. now the morality of the attack is certainly...
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putin wants to back assad. the president obviously sticking by his policy that assad has to go. there's no future for him. you cannot go to the status quo before the civil war which is now in its fifth year. as for the who, a question as to who was under those bombs dropped by 20 russian war planes. putin told the president obama that he wanted to fight against isil. but today secretary of defense ash carter said those bombs dropped where isil fighters are simply not known to be. as it happened, secretary of state john kerry was at the united nations and issued a stark warning. >> we have also made clear that we would have grave concerns should russia strike areas where isil and al quaeda affiliated targets are not operating. strikes of that kind would question russia's real intentions fighting isil or protecting the assad regime. >> and, mike, ash carter held what seemed to be a pretty long and detailed brief, reporters today as well. >> this gets to the when question and it really points out the friction now that exists between the u.s. and russia not only between the presiden
putin wants to back assad. the president obviously sticking by his policy that assad has to go. there's no future for him. you cannot go to the status quo before the civil war which is now in its fifth year. as for the who, a question as to who was under those bombs dropped by 20 russian war planes. putin told the president obama that he wanted to fight against isil. but today secretary of defense ash carter said those bombs dropped where isil fighters are simply not known to be. as it...
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assad's forcesarch. providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary but at this late hour, that alone will not be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. the only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power. which could break assad's siege of contested cities in syria, protect key population centers, and help the opposition to asaid on the ground to establish and defense safe havens in syria where they can organize and plan their political and military activities against assad. at the request of the syrian national council, the free syrian army and local coordinating committees inside the country, the united states should help to lead such an effort in syria. but as i have repeatedly said, this does not mean we should go it alone. we should not. we should seek the active involvement of key arab partners such as saudi arabia, uae, jordan and qatar and allies in the e u and nato, the most important of which in this case is turkey. rather
assad's forcesarch. providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary but at this late hour, that alone will not be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. the only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power. which could break assad's siege of contested cities in syria, protect key population centers, and help the opposition to asaid on the ground to establish and defense safe havens in syria where they can organize and plan...
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civil war inside and not necessarily what israel is doing so the problem is between the rebels and assad and we are just adding a little bit to it but i agree that it's taking advantage of the situation but there are fears in israel of any type of chemical or biological use of weapon against israel so in a way it's also to relax some fears in israel i want to i can say with you do you see israel getting more and more involved in this conflict or will just go in as it were as it when it wants i don't. i don't think so it will be very foolish of freescale to make such attacks i have beat because after all strategically what's happening inside syria is helping israel syria it was and still is an enemy of fees web. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean in people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result . absolutely people in syria are being killed and that is exac
civil war inside and not necessarily what israel is doing so the problem is between the rebels and assad and we are just adding a little bit to it but i agree that it's taking advantage of the situation but there are fears in israel of any type of chemical or biological use of weapon against israel so in a way it's also to relax some fears in israel i want to i can say with you do you see israel getting more and more involved in this conflict or will just go in as it were as it when it wants i...
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civil war inside the not necessarily what israel is doing so the problem is between the rebels and assad and we are just adding a little bit to it but i agree that it's taking advantage of the situation but there are fears in israel of any type of chemical or biological use of weapon against as well so in a way it's also to relax some fields in israel i want to i can say with you do you see israel getting more and more involved in this conflict or will just go in as it were as it when it wants i don't i don't think so it will be very foolish will freeze well to make such attacks i have beat because after all strategically what's happening inside syria is helping israel syria it was and still is and then we'll freeze where. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean when people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result. absolutely people in syria are being killed and
civil war inside the not necessarily what israel is doing so the problem is between the rebels and assad and we are just adding a little bit to it but i agree that it's taking advantage of the situation but there are fears in israel of any type of chemical or biological use of weapon against as well so in a way it's also to relax some fields in israel i want to i can say with you do you see israel getting more and more involved in this conflict or will just go in as it were as it when it wants...